This was the scene at this time of year a couple of seasons ago and this year, the snowmaking has been superb and Whistler-Blackcomb is slated to open Nov. 22

Photograph by: Bonny Makarewicz
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Whistler-Blackcomb resort and mountain managers are glowing about what they expect to be one of the strongest seasons yet for skiers, boarders on both mountains.

With 150 snow guns having already laid down about 20 million gallons of snow on both mountains 24 hours a day since Oct. 20.

Whistler-Blackcomb gave the public a taste of the progress with a video produced Oct. 26. The video and media blitz is gearing up, in anticipation for Whistler-Blackcomb’s grand opening for this season on Nov. 22.

“I’ve been working in snowmaking for the last six years and so far it’s the best start of the year for sure,” Whistler-Blackcomb assistant manager of snowmaking Dave Fortier says in the video.

In the same clip, mountain manager Doug McFarland says Whistler-Blackcomb two weeks ahead of schedule in our snowmaking.

“It's really important for us to get this snowmaking down early. It allows us to construct these runs, it gives us a solid base for that natural snow which we all know is coming layer up on top of that… it looks like winter is showing up two weeks early. How good is that?”

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